Al Ansari Exchange joins AIR MILES

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About AIR MILES:

AIR MILES has been running successfully in the UK ('Air Miles' & more recently 'Nectar'), Canada, the Netherlands and Spain for the past 12 years and is managed in the UAE & Qatar by Rewards Management Middle East.

There are presently over 340,000 members in the UAE and more than 1,000 people signing up for free to join the programme each week. Over 1.5 Billion Air Miles have already been issued and on average over 270,000 members have either taken a reward or have enough Air Miles to redeem.

AIR MILES UAE currently has an impressive total of 43 market leaders as participants: Spinneys, HSBC, Damas, Areej, Thomas Cook Al Rostamani, Rotana Hotels, JW Marriott Hotel, Renaissance Hotel, Chilis Restaurants, Fast Rent A Car, Aiyappas Textiles, Megastar, SNTTA Travel & Tours (L.L.C.), Pizza Corner, Chinese Kitchen, Abela, African & Eastern, Splendour, Contours, Vibrance, Salamander, Springfield, Triumph, New Medical Centre Group, Foodlands Restaurant, Bin Sina Pharmacies, Al Mashreq Pharmacy, Magrudy's, Apollo Studio & Stores, Bridgestone, Al Dahleez and Al Koufa restaurants & Cafes, Hilton Hotels, Pyramids Restaurants & Planet Hollywood at Wafi, , Al Massa Movie Theatres, Pan Emirates Furniture, Persian Carpet House, Al Jaber Optical Centres, Hertz and Al Ansari Exchange. More market leading participants are joining soon.

AIR MILES also operate in Qatar, where there are over 45participant companies involved. Members in the UAE benefit from using their blue Air Miles card in Qatar, and vice versa, to collect Air Miles inter country.

AIR MILES also plans to expand to more countries throughout the Middle East in the near future.

About Al Ansari Exchange:

Al Ansari Exchange is one of the largest and most reputed Exchange Houses in the Middle East and has been serving its customers since 1966. Services offered include remittances, buying & selling of foreign currency, western union transfers, traveller's cheques and cash advances against major Credit Cards. "Customers First" is the corporate motto of Al Ansari Exchange. The company endeavours to provide excellent service to its valued customers, numbering more than 200,000 through its network of 34 branches in the United Arab Emirates and through the numerous branches of more than 100 correspondent banks and agents worldwide.

For more information please contact:

Mamoun Masarweh
AIR MILES
Tel 391 3410
Fax 391 8677